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shown  in  the  ears,  carved  in  rehef  (cf.  pi.  12,  fig.  12),  in  the  radiating 
lines,  the  pairs  of  short  parallel  lines  and  the  short  detached  lines. 
The  arrangement  of  the  radiating  lines  on  the  sides  of  the  Diomede 
specimen  shown  in  text  figure  8  is  similar  to  the  radiating  lines  on 
the  Hillside  specimen  shown  in  plate  13,  figure  7;  and  the  parallel 
lines  with  inner  bands  of  two  or  three  short  transverse  lines  (pi.  14, 
figs.  3  and  4)  as  well  as  those  with  oblique  inner  lines  (pi.  14,  fig.  5) 
recall  the  similar  parallel  lines  with  short  inner  bands  as  shown  in 
plate  13,  figure  8.  In  other  respects  the  two  Diomede  specimens  (text 
fig.  8  and  pi.  14,  figs.  3,  4)  exhibit  a  decorative  treatment  which  is  not 
in  conformity  with  Old  Bering  Sea  style  i,  as  exemplified  by  the 
objects  from  the  Hillside  site.  In  these  two  Diomede  specimens  the 
decoration  consists  essentially  of  pairs  of  closely  spaced  straight  or 
curving  lines  to  which  externally  or  internally,  or  both,  are  attached 
numerous  short,  regularly  spaced  triangular  spurs.  The  arrangement 
of  these  lines  in  radiating  or  converging  fashion  recalls  a  similar  place- 
FiG.  9. — Decorated  ivory  object  from  the  Bering  Strait  region. 
ment  of  lines  on  some  of  the  style  i  pieces  from  the  Hillside  site,  but 
the  combination  of  triangular  spurs  and  closely  spaced  straight  parallel 
lines  is  rare  in  Old  Bering  Sea  art  as  known  at  present  even  though 
such  spurs  are  frequently  applied  to  single,  usually  curving,  lines. 
The  arrangement  of  short  spurs  on  the  inside  and  outside  of  pairs  of 
closely  spaced  lines  is  seen  on  two  specimens  from  Little  Diomede 
Island  described  by  Jenness  (1928  a,  pi.  13,  a,  b)  and  also  on  the 
small  object,  possibly  a  pail  handle,  shown  in  text  figure  9,  which  I 
bought  at  Wales  in  1929.  It  was  excavated  either  at  Wales  or  the 
Diomedes,  probably  the  latter. 
Furthermore,  it  is  spurred  double  lines  of  this  Diomede  type  that 
are  present  on  the  decorated  objects  from  the  old  buried  site  on  Punuk 
Island  recently  discovered  by  Otto  Wm.  Geist  (see  p.  30,  footnote). 
In  form,  some  of  the  objects  from  this  old  Punuk  site  are  identical 
with  types  which  at  Gambell  were  found  only  at  the  Hillside  site 
or  the  older  section  of  Miyowagh,  and  no  doubt  a  careful  comparison 
would  reveal  close  similarities  in  decorative  elements  as  well.  We  are 
faced  here  with  an  interesting  problem,  namely,  the  relationship  be- 
tween the  old  Punuk  material  and  that  from  Diomede  Island  and  the 
